I did the saliva test which, if you believe what they say online, claims I have an overgrowth of candida, or some internal fungal infection. It claims this is responsible for my depression, acne, itchy skin, thrush, etc.

It can be "cured" by buying very expensive supplements.

Is this real, or an online scam to make money?

hi, im a female in my 20s.i dont have any history of medical problems. my immune system is fine. i dont have acne, i have normally clear skin
and i hardly get rashes or infections.i have no disease or illness.
a person who had athletes foot and a history of flesh eating disease on their foot put their barefeet into my shoes without me knowing. another person told me they did it, and the shoes were all strectched out from another person putting them on but i wore them anyways barefoot since i had no other shoes or socks

then i got a bad case of athletes foot on my feet, it was horrible, my feet burned me and was awful. i scrubbed my feet in the sink with my hands and soap and water for a couple of days.
and the foot infection is mostly gone

but i forgot to wash my hands or it traveled to my hands because i ate and rubbed my face afterwards and afterwars the fungal infection from my feet spread to the entire bottom half of my face. from my nose, each cheek, covering my mouth and chin. my entire bottom half of my face is swollen and red and stiff and crispy, the skin is crusty and dry and my face burns when i put water on it

i tried taking a sink hose and running it over my face and putting this face scrub on my face and it seems to help. i did this the last few days and the rednedd and swelling went down a bit, but my face is still sort of red and very crusy. my mouth was seeled shut, i could not open my lips to eat food, the skin was stiff.i had to try hard to open my mouth
its crusty and red and scaly and dry. my face hurts when i even run water on it
what should i do,? washing plus running water over my face seems to help alot but it didnt get rid of the problem completely

i know its a fungus infection because it spread to my face from my feet from touching my feet , and the foot thing is athletes foot

do i need antibiotics? or should i keep washing my face every day?
i cant put any cream on because it makes it worse
theres so much fungus and bacteria on my face that the cream would trap it. when i wash my face it helps to wash off the fungus

so what should i do? do i need a doctor? i dont have health insurance

will just washing my face be fine, but it dosnt go away ive been washing my face for 4 days and its not completely gone

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I had artificial nails on, I removed them because my cuticles became inflamed and my hands were itchy and I had a bad rash going up my fingers with little blister like bubbles. I took off the nails thinking I was having a bad reaction to the acrylics.. When I took them off, I discovered that I had a really bad fungal infection underneath. I went to the doc, she prescribed me Lamisil tables and an anitbiotic to stop the infection for the surrounding skin. Over a weeks time, the inflammation DID go down, the rash did slowly subside, meaning the blisters went away,, however… my hands are still itchy. I was wondering if the blistering itchy thing is part of the fungal infection, or maybe I had touched poison ivy and didn’t know it. A couple people had said it looked like poison ivy. It could be possible, as I was in a park a few days before. But my real question IS, is the rash normal in a fungal infection?
Sorry– I know this is gross, I would just like a public opinion.

I started getting red spots on my face under the skin (not acne) and I went into the doctor and they said it was some type of contact fungal infection and gave me Ketoconazole cream to put on it. This cleared it up 90% very quickly and I was sure the last couple faded red spots would disappear when my skin became extremely dry.

I have a history of dry skin on my face and usually use Neutrogena facial lotion. Since the red spots started occurring, the Neutrogena has burned my skin and I was forced to switch to other lotions (I’ve used Olay facial lotion and Eucerin).

The Neutrogena burns and turns my face bright red in the ultra dry areas on the sides of my chin below my mouth. The Olay and Eucerin don’t burn as much but it seems like no matter how much lotion I use of any kind, within 30 minutes to an hour my face is extremely dry, flaking, and peeling again. I’ve even tried using Aquaphor and that can’t keep my skin hydrated for long.

I don’t have time to go to the doctor this week (I have finals) so can anyone recommend a new type of lotion or something that will help with the extreme dryness?
By the way: I don’t use any soap on my face in the shower. Usually lightly rub it with shampoo because anything else wreaks havoc on my skin.

And I’ve started drinking more water so hopefully that will help.

Thank you everyone for your recommendations so far!
Is re-moisturizing your skin often (like every hour) bad for it?

I just have had this redness around my mouth for more than a month! And my skin gets really dry there. I looked up online and I’m just guessing it’s fungal infection because it’s been there for so long. Someone told me to use Abreva, I applied it for several days and no results :(. Will lamisil help me?

hi, im a female in my 20s.i dont have any history of medical problems. my immune system is fine. i dont have acne, i have normally clear skin
and i hardly get rashes or infections.i have no disease or illness.
a person who had athletes foot and a history of flesh eating disease on their foot put their barefeet into my shoes without me knowing. another person told me they did it, and the shoes were all strectched out from another person putting them on but i wore them anyways barefoot since i had no other shoes or socks

then i got a bad case of athletes foot on my feet, it was horrible, my feet burned me and was awful. i scrubbed my feet in the sink with my hands and soap and water for a couple of days.
and the foot infection is mostly gone

but i forgot to wash my hands or it traveled to my hands because i ate and rubbed my face afterwards and afterwars the fungal infection from my feet spread to the entire bottom half of my face. from my nose, each cheek, covering my mouth and chin. my entire bottom half of my face is swollen and red and stiff and crispy, the skin is crusty and dry and my face burns when i put water on it

i tried taking a sink hose and running it over my face and putting this face scrub on my face and it seems to help. i did this the last few days and the rednedd and swelling went down a bit, but my face is still sort of red and very crusy. my mouth was seeled shut, i could not open my lips to eat food, the skin was stiff.i had to try hard to open my mouth
its crusty and red and scaly and dry. my face hurts when i even run water on it
what should i do,? washing plus running water over my face seems to help alot but it didnt get rid of the problem completely

i know its a fungus infection because it spread to my face from my feet from touching my feet , and the foot thing is athletes foot

do i need antibiotics? or should i keep washing my face every day?
i cant put any cream on because it makes it worse
theres so much fungus and bacteria on my face that the cream would trap it. when i wash my face it helps to wash off the fungus

so what should i do? do i need a doctor? i dont have health insurance

will just washing my face be fine, but it dosnt go away ive been washing my face for 4 days and its not completely gone
i live in the usa

the vet says she has a fungal infection, her front and back paw have blackened nails well fungus. i cant get her to eat tuna, canned food or anything else with the crushed up pills and liquid meds. the vet gave us little info on anything and was just wondering has anyone got anything on this?

its only on my right heel, its sometimes sore and looks like a blister but its a bump. It did smell very bad but after using fungal infection cream the smell went away, its still here but in water it becomes scaly and rough. once dried out after an hour or so it smooth again. what is it that i have?

Less than a month ago, a friends 11 year old daughter was life lined to the Children’s Hospital. She had fainted and would not respond. After testing her, she was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Lukemia. Her treatment plan was chemotherapy for 10 days, hospital stay of 20, home for 2 weeks. She had chemotherapy for 10 days, the following day, she was unresponsive, and the doctor’s did not feel she was going to pull thru the night. She did, and further testing revealed she had fungal lesions on her lungs, etc. They operated on her, and removed the lesions, did a bone marrow test, it is now negative for lukemia. It has been two days since the surgery, and we received word that the fungal infection is taking over her body, and there is pretty much no hope left for her. There is an experimental drug out there, but will not receive it before Friday, if she can hang on. Has anyone heard of this?

I’m curious if anyone can find fault with our new vet’s suggestions. Our cat has a strong fungal infection, the vet said ringworm (or like it), but the bumps all over our cat are not circular at all. They are raised scabby patches of fur on his cheeks, chin, and toes. Also, we have been told to keep him isolated, which he has been for over a month, with a cone on his head so as not to scratch. I’m wondering if it’s really necessary for our cat to still be fighting it for this long? The meds we were given are: 125 MG amoxicillin every 12 hours, plus Terramycin on his eye, ResiZOLE conditioner twice a day, with a similar shampoo. There was also a liquid mix of pills he gave us but I can’t remember them. Now he also has our cat on 125 mg of Griseofulvin and I guess there’s some valium in there too…(Not sure, my husband takes him in) every 12 hours. Point is, he’s been isolated and on a lot of meds and still seems to get new bumps and it’s been over a month.